How do you delete a script?

Perl Script To Delete Dynamically Created Files?

• I need a Perl script to help clean up dynamically created files. The files are in the format ABC###.gif Where ### is some randomly created alphanumeric character. The part I'm having trouble is some of these files will be in use by web users. How will I know this, or how can I make sure I'm not deleting an in use file?

• Answer:

  What do you mean that you are concerned that it will be in use by users? If just viewed on a page, the image won't disappear from the users page if you delete it. If the user is actually doing something to the actual file, then change the script that allows the user to manipulate the file. Create a temp file for the user to manipulate then write the completed file to your directory that you want to delete from, then if you happen to delete a file that is being worked on, it doesn't matter. For the deletion: my @filesToDelete = glob("/whateverdir/ABC*.gif"); foreach (@filesToDelete){ unlink $_; }